Early spring

The garden in March

The garden wakes up — sow hardy crops, plant perennials and give the lawn its first cut.

Sow & plant

  • Sow hardy annuals and salad outdoors
  • Plant bare-root trees, roses and perennials
  • Start tomatoes indoors

Jobs & pruning

  • First light mow once the lawn is growing
  • Mulch beds before weeds take hold
  • Prune late-summer shrubs and roses

In season & in bloom

  • Daffodils, crocus and early tulips
  • Forsythia and flowering currant

Plants for this month